What the Papers Say June 2006
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
BBC Radio Kent, Invicta Radio, KMFM Radio, Medway Messenger, Medway News, Kent Online reported on the visit to the Medway campus by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, along with Cabinet Office Minister, Hazel Blears MP, and the Minister for Housing & Planning, Yvette Cooper MP. The event with the theme of sustainable communities and regeneration, was one of a series of seminars organised by the Labour Party on topical policy issues.
The award of honorary degrees to Doreen Lawrence, Kelly Holmes, Claire Tomalin and others was reported on by the Times in the prestigious Register section. There was also a large article in the Greenwich Mercury with photos of Kelly Holmes and Doreen Lawrence. The story also appeared in the Bexleyheath & Welling Times.
The Times Higher Education Supplement carried a very positive feature, running over two pages, profiling Greenwich's links with industry. It Included interviews with Tessa Blackstone, Marc Hume and two CMS researchers, professors Chris Bailey and Ed Galea. It also refers to NRI, Pharmacy, Health & Social Care, Engineering and Science. There was a large photo of Chris Bailey stood in front of the Cutty Sark.
The Guardian Education website said that the move to a "metrics-based" system of rating research (rather than the one used for existing Research Assessment Exercise) would hit some of the current stars hard and benefit some of the new universities such as Greenwich and Sunderland that have struggled to get a look-in under the present system.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1797262,00.html
There was similar coverage in Times Higher Education Supplement. The paper said that Greenwich might be ‘looking at income increases of up to 300 per cent if one of the models was adopted. Baroness Blackstone, Vice-Chancellor, said: “This is a good outcome for us. I have always felt that the post-92 universities are not doing as well as they should out of research funding. They are doing a lot of the applied research, which is of huge importance to the economy.”
The story also appeared on the US based Scientist website,
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23683/
According to Council Briefing (The Higher Education Funding Council for England newsletter) Greenwich is taking part in the CAMEL project exploring the use of effective e-learning to widen participation in higher education.
Lecturer Ann Garrett is standing for the Green Party in the Bromley and Chislehurst by-election according to the News Shopper.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/display.var.794916.0.
four_more_in_race_to_win_byelection.php
Tessa Blackstone addressed the bi-annual Women in Kent luncheon, according to Kent Life, which also had a series of photos from the event.
The establishment of a Foundation Degree in Rural Business Management by Hadlow College, in association with Greenwich, was reported on by South East Farmer.
Students Dan McCabe, Jack Duplock and Mike Martin are running regular music nights at the Inc Bar in Greenwich according to the Bexley Extra.
Canterbury Adscene said that according to the owner of David’s Exotic Plants near Canterbury, he had some big orders recently; ‘Kent University had an olive tree, the University of Greenwich ordered almost everything I have’.
The award of a £300,000 government grant to support fundraising was reported by Greenwich Time.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
Terry Ferns contributed a paper to Nursing Standard about the under-reporting of violent incidents against nursing staff by the staff themselves and the reasons behind it.
A letter in the Nursing Times from Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley PCT about the bright future of community nursing added that they were working with Greenwich and South Bank to develop new courses.
Greenwich Mercury reported on the launch of a Paramedical Science foundation degree for the London Ambulance Service.
Architecture & Construction
Students from Greenwich are carrying out a four-month survey assessing the demand and supply of land for employment in Medway, according to the Medway Messenger.
Lecturer Brian Hawtin chose Eryngium as his plant of the month in his regular column in Kent Life.
According to Environmental Health News Tracey Walter has been awarded the Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) certificate of registration.
Greenwich held an exhibition of architectural student’s work coinciding with Architecture Week, according to Lewisham & Bromley News Shopper and Bexley News Shopper.
Maritime Greenwich
Humanities
US website, NewsTime.com, said that prior to releasing her solo debut, Natsaha Bedingfield ‘attended the University of Greenwich in England for a year’.
http://leisure.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=85479&
category=Entertainment
Business
Canadian website, the Goldstream Gazette, while reporting on the opposition to water privatisation in Canada said that David Hall from the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) argues the supposed benefits are not back by the evidence.
http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?
paper=12&cat=48&id=663252&more=
Stephen Thomas was cited by a correspondent in the US Based Rutland Herald website, who argued that nuclear power was not a panacea to the problems of CO2 emissions.
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20060601/NEWS/606010313/1039
An article in the Evening Standard on the Assistant Director of Events and Filming at Westminster City Council mentioned the Events Management course at Greenwich.
Tom Liddiard, Business Management student, had the cross of St. George dyed into his hair according to the Hailsham Gazette and Eastbourne Gazette.
Max Tookey, Organisational Behaviour lecturer, suggests that those interested in keeping fit should get a workout buddy, in an article on fun tips for holiday fitness in the Daily Express.
According to the Shropshire Star a Greenwich research study reveals that Ludlow Marches Festival of Food & Drink has a major impact on the local economy.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Akaash Bhatia, Information Systems graduate, won his first professional featherweight boxing match, according to the News Shopper,
According to Nautical magazine Chris Bailey is producing a computerised version of the Cutty Sark, which will help the safe renovation of the vessel.
Scientists from Greenwich led by Chris Bailey, have joined those at Dundee’s University of Abertay and specialists screen and coatings manufacturers in a £600,000 project to develop screens that can be read in bright sunlight, reported Engineering magazine.
An article in Building Design on software for modelling how people move in ordinary and emergency situations, included a large section on Professor Ed Galeas’s Exodus software.
Education & Training
Simon Walker was chosen as one of the National Teaching Fellows 2006 by the Higher Education Academy, according to the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Ian McNay argued in the Times Higher Education Supplement that league tables should have a diversity and access element.
General campus news
According to Greenwich Time (the local council newspaper), ‘the Mayor of Greenwich was inaugurated at a special ceremony at the Painted Hall, Greenwich University (formerly the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich)’.
Keighley News said that a local pupil had been selected for the National Youth Theatre course, which is being held at ‘the Laban centre at London’s University of Greenwich.’
A training event titled Be Safe - The Guide to Women’s Personal Safety, will be held at the campus in the middle of July according to the Wharf.
Medway
School of Engineering
Quarry Management reported that the Wolfson Centre was running a two-day course on the pneumatic conveying of bulk solids.
In an article in Lloyds List about new foundation degrees in Maritime studies, Alec Coutroubis argued that they would be a good thing.
School of Science
According to the Bexley Times Mark Chapman, Sports Science lecturer and one of the country's leading throwing coaches, was among those coaches who took part in Met Track, a sports scheme for youngsters in Bexley and Greenwich backed by the Metropolitan Police.
An article about an unusual holiday in Argentina on the US based Charleston.net website quoted Harold Goodwin, Director of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism, as saying that there is increasing demand for holidays which include more involvement with local people,
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=92463§ion=faithvalues
The Times invited readers to nominate for the First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards. Harold Goodwin was listed as one of the judges.
PharmaLi website and Laboratory Talk online reported that Pharmaceutical science graduate, Susan Yu, had been appointed as an Account Executive by Northbank Communications, a PR and Marketing consultancy.
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=350588
&categoryid=33%2C34#
http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/stm/stm107.html
Natural Resources Institute
The work of Andrew Graffham and his team to help African farmers produce crops profitably for European markets, was reported on by South East Business.
School of Pharmacy
In the Pharmaceutical Journal, Ruth Rogers co-authored an article on the history and development of ethics in the pharmaceutical profession.
General campus news
The Medway Messenger publicised the new University of Greenwich prospectus, which is now available.
ACR Today and Public Sector Building reported that Jasun Filtration has supplied filters to the campus for teaching rooms and fume laboratories.
The appointment of Ray Wynne as Director of the Medway Enterprise Hub was reported on by Kent Director, KentProfile and Medway News.
The success of the Universities at Medway football team in winning the Southern England Student Sports Association Challenge Cup appeared in the Community News pages of the Medway Messenger.
Professor Alan Reed focussed on raising workforce skills In his regular column in Kent Profile.
On the Move (an Arriva bus company newsletter), had an article about the Medway campus which explained that Greenwich established a campus there in 1994 with a photo of the new Drill Hall Library.
The Medway Messenger gave advance publicity to the campus open day.
Greenwich is one of the supporters of the Kent Innovation Challenge, according to Kent Business.
Canterbury Adscene said that Ancon Technologies, which has developed technology to detect explosives, were the winners of the Kent Innovation Challenge. The prize includes free rent for a year at one of the Enterprise hubs, including the one at the campus.
The Medway Messenger gave advance publicity to the Pembroke lecture in the middle of the month focussing on regeneration locally.
According to the Medway Messenger Greenwich is a supporter of the Medway Plus scheme, which gives students the opportunity to earn extra UCAS points.
An article in Kenton Sunday about plans to regenerate Chatham town centre, mentioned the hope that the increase in numbers of students in the area will have a positive effect for the economy.
Kings Hill
Index magazine had an article and photo about the conference facilities available at Kings Hill.
A conference about bringing back empty properties into use was held at Kings Hill, according to the Folkestone Herald and Dover & Deal Extra.
Further information
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University of Greenwich press releases are now available via Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
http://www.gre.ac.uk/pr/rss.htm
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Some websites only have stories online for a limited period before they are removed or replaced.
The text of some of the articles contained may be accessed by university staff and students via the university intranet using the Information & Library Services Lexis Nexis electronic database.